Sixth Tri-State Weather Conference

The Sixth Tri-State Weather Conference will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Science Building Room 125 on the Midtown Campus of Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, Connecticut. Continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. in the Science Building Atrium. Please arrive early for check-in and breakfast.

The conference is presented by the Meteorology Program at Western Connecticut State University and co-sponsored by the WestConn Student Chapter of the AMS, the New York City/Long Island Chapter of the AMS, NOAA/National Weather Service/Upton, N.Y and NOAA/National Weather Service/Taunton, MA. The purpose of the conference is to enhance education, professional development and communication among private and public sector meteorologists, researchers, educators, students, emergency management officials, and weather enthusiasts.

Submissions, in the form of posters, are being solicited on high impact weather events that affect the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Potential topics would include, but are not limited to, nor‘easters and winter weather, severe thunderstorms, tropical weather and hurricanes, climate change, and mesoscale meteorology. We are especially interested in presentations about significant historical weather events from the region from the past twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five and one hundred years or more. The deadline for abstracts is September 25, 2016.

Registration details

The registration fee is $30 and will include continental breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks and a full buffet lunch, along with conference materials. Payment must be made during check in on Saturday October 1. Please do not mail payment.

Registration details

The registration fee is $30 and will include continental breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks and a full buffet lunch, along with conference materials. Registrations and payments after the September 23 deadline will be accepted on a 'space available' basis.